Publication - Strategy/plan

Community rights to buy review

Published: 18 March 2026
From: Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Environment and climate change, Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781807750114

The final review of community rights to buy following the earlier public consultation.

Introduction

This review completes the four-phase process undertaken to review all the existing community rights to buy introduced since 2003:

Community right to buy (“the Part 2 right to buy”)
Crofting community right to buy (“the Part 3 right to buy”)
Community right to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land (“the Part 3A right to buy”)
Right to buy land to further sustainable development (“the Part 5 right to buy”)

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